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LOT 1404

Viking Age Bronze Openwork Beast Mount

9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

2 5/8 in. (27 grams, 67 mm).

Formed as an advancing beast with looped tail, its prey between forepaw and chin a bird with curved beak forming a cranked pin; annular eye to the beast and ribbed panel to the bird; discoid stud to the reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Winterton, Humberside, UK, in 1981.

CONDITION

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LOT 1404

Viking Age Bronze Openwork Beast Mount

Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)

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